Career
On 14 February 1786, in London, Lord Petre married Mary Bridget Howard (29 September 1767 – 30 May 1843), sister of the 12th Duke of Norfolk. They were the parents of seven children;
Maria Juliana Petre (c 1787-1727 January 1824)
Juliana Anne Petre (c 1791-1795 June 1862)
William Henry Francis Petre, 11th Baron Petre (22 January 1793 – 3 July 1850)
Charles Berney Petre (17 December 1794 – 18 June 1854)
Elizabeth Anne Mary Petre (c 1797-1794 March 1848)
Anna Maria Petre (c 1800 - 14 October 1864)
Arabella Petre (c 1802-1824 June 1886). Became a nun
By the beginning of the 19th century, the Rector was paying the pensioners of the almshouses 6s 8d each month (about £13 today), £1 annually for the purchase of firewood, and 12s each year for the stipulated livery of the Charity.
At Christmas the 20 deserving souls each received 6s 8d, and the 40 at Easter, 13s 4d.
Philip Southcott Esq. Had purchased Woburn Farm, alias Cocks lands, consisting of about 25 acres (100,000 m2), in 1735 from a Mistress
Hornby. He was the first person to develop the idea of a combined ornamented farm and garden.
The property lies on the two sides of a hill, and on a flat at the foot of lieutenant The brow of the hill commands two prospects.
The one over a fertile plain watered by the Thames and broken by Saint Ann’s Hill and Windsor Castle, a large mead below spreading to the banks of the river. The other view is more wooded, and from this the bold arch of Walton Bridge is a conspicuous object equally singular and noble.
When Mr. Southcote died in 1758, without issue, he gave this place to his lady.
She died in 1783 and the trustees made the settlement as directed.
